Uh oh: 15 Reasons To Stop Hiding from Vegetarianism

[flvegan]

Live longer, lower your weight, slash pollution and twelve other good reasons to start cutting meat out of your diet.

People are drawn to vegetarianism by all sorts of motives. Some of us want to live longer, healthier lives or do our part to reduce pollution. Others have made the switch because we want to preserve Earth's natural resources or because we've always loved animals and are ethically opposed to eating them.

Thanks to an abundance of scientific research that demonstrates the health and environmental benefits of a plant-based diet, even the federal government recommends that we consume most of our calories from grain products, vegetables and fruits. And no wonder: An estimated 70 percent of all diseases, including one-third of all cancers, are related to diet. A vegetarian diet reduces the risk for chronic degenerative diseases such as obesity, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and certain types of cancer including colon, breast, prostate, stomach, lung and esophageal cancer.

Why go veg? Chew on these reasons:

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http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/66075/

I would put this in GD too, but the new Mods have only been around for one day.

[LeftyMom]

1. dare you.

:hi:

[flamingyouth]

2. Strong bones?!?!

Don't you know you need to drink a gallon of milk a day or else you'll get osteoporosis by the time you're 30???!!111 :sarcasm:

[flvegan]

3. Many studies actually show that milk is detrimental to bone health.

[LeftyMom]

4. Mom, is that you?

My Mom thinks that.

Not that she normally gives out nutritional advice, I mean, she lives on whole milk, pepsi, brownies and marlboro lights, she's not a health nut by any stretch of the imagination. But for some reason she hasn't caught on that other foods have calcium in them. Hell, I'm allergic to dairy and she still freaks out that I don't eat/drink it. :eyes:

[flamingyouth]

6. I'm amazed by people who are concerned about my protein and calcium.

And yet they send their kids to school with Lunchables and a Coke and that's a-okay. :eyes:

[Ellen Forradalom]

8. Lunchables--ack gack gack

My son asked for those and he got a big fat NO. He got the clue.

[Ellen Forradalom]

5. Some of the most hilarious rants I've read in a while

are among the responses to this thread. "VegiNAZI Liers (sic) go to hell!" is a stitch.

[flvegan]

7. It's all stickily lies!!1!one!!

I miss the Hate Mailbag. Sigh.